Auto updating local data if too old

README.md

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ available commands:
     -r, --render=PATH    render a local page for testing purposes
 ```
 
+## Configuration
+
+To prevent `tldr` from automatically updating its database, set the environment variable `TLDR_AUTO_UPDATE_DISABLED`.
 
 ## Contributing
 

src/local.c

@@ -52,13 +52,16 @@ check_localdate(void)
     curtime = time(NULL);
     oldtime = strtol(buffer, NULL, 10);
     difftime = curtime - oldtime;
-    if (difftime > (60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 2)) {
+    if (difftime > (60 * 60 * 24 * 7 * 2) && !getenv(PREVENT_UPDATE_ENV_VARIABLE)) {
         /* *INDENT-OFF* */
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s", ANSI_BOLD_ON);
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s", ANSI_COLOR_CODE_FG);
-        fprintf(stdout, "Local data is older than two weeks, use --update to update it.\n\n");
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s", ANSI_COLOR_RESET_FG);
-        fprintf(stdout, "%s", ANSI_BOLD_OFF);
+        fprintf(stdout, "Local database is older than two weeks, attempting to update it...\n");
+        fprintf(stdout, "To prevent automatic updates, set the environment variable %s.\n", PREVENT_UPDATE_ENV_VARIABLE);
+        if (update_localdb(0)) {
+            fprintf(stdout, "%s%s", ANSI_BOLD_ON, ANSI_COLOR_CODE_FG);
+            fprintf(stdout, "Failed to update local database.\n");
+            fprintf(stdout, "%s%s", ANSI_COLOR_RESET_FG, ANSI_BOLD_OFF);
+        }
+        fprintf(stdout, "\n");
         /* *INDENT-ON* */
     }
 

src/parser.c

@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ print_tldrpage(char const *input, char const *poverride)
         }
     }
 
+    if (getenv(PREVENT_UPDATE_ENV_VARIABLE))
+        return 1;
+
     construct_url(url, URLBUFSIZ, input, platform);
 
     /* make clang's static analyzer happy */
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ print_tldrpage(char const *input, char const *poverride)
     parse_tldrpage(output);
 
     free(output);
+
     return 0;
 }
 

src/tldr.c

@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (print_tldrpage(buf, pbuf[0] != 0 ? pbuf : NULL)) {
             fprintf(stdout, "This page doesn't exist yet!\n");
             fprintf(stdout, "Submit new pages here: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr\n");
+            if (getenv(PREVENT_UPDATE_ENV_VARIABLE)) {
+                fprintf(stdout, "Checking the online database was skipped because automatic updates are disabled.\n");
+                fprintf(stdout, "You could try updating the local database manually with: tldr --update\n");
+            }
             return EXIT_FAILURE;
         }
     }

src/tldr.h

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #define TLDR_EXT "/.tldrc/tldr/pages/"
 #define TLDR_EXT_LEN (sizeof(TLDR_EXT) - 1)
 
+#define PREVENT_UPDATE_ENV_VARIABLE "TLDR_AUTO_UPDATE_DISABLED"
+
 #define ANSI_COLOR_RESET_FG                     "\x1b[39m"
 #define ANSI_COLOR_TITLE_FG                     "\x1b[39m"
 #define ANSI_COLOR_EXPLANATION_FG               "\x1b[39m"